D5L Newsletter - August 2005

Hello Friend,

Hi! I hope summer has been a time for you to enjoy the weather and be active outdoors. Air conditioning is nice, but it doesn't compare to conditioning yourself to the outdoors! August will be a good month for me to do this.

Since last month I've been going by "Darren Feivel".. BUT after trying this name on for a month I've come to a different conclusion. Even I am surprised about this.

In 2002 when I started out, I stumbled upon the names "Deron" and "Feivel" while looking up the meanings of many different names. I really like the meanings of these two names. I started using those names as my "pen/stage name" and spelling it as "Deron 5L" until last month. This is pronounced "Darren 5-L" by the way..
AND I'm going back to basics on this. I'm using the original name before I spelled it as "Deron 5L".

You may wonder how I finally decided on this. Well, I thought of so many different ways to rate the name such as pronunciation, the name being easy to remember, how it looks in writing, and the actual meaning behind it, etc... Still, my final decision was made much easier.

I simply closed my eyes and pictured myself being 70 years old sitting on a beach in South Haven Michigan (I really like that place). I imagined having a full music career behind me and then asked what name I would have wanted to use. Nothing else but the name "Deron Feivel" made sense or sounded right. This name also feels comfortable. I now feel at peace about this after many sleepless nights, finally.

Another good thing came out of doing this exercise of picturing myself on a beach at the age of 70. I am just not so stressed about this career in music. I want it to work out how God wants, because I'm realizing more and more that He has my best interest in His hands. It's not in "My Hands".

This Month's Lesson: I think I just found it in the paragraph above.

On July 1st I finished acting in a movie called "Bullseye". It will be out this winter. This past month I had the privilage of being a part of a play called "Erasing 8". This is a play about the dividing line of 8 mile road between Detroit and the suburbs. This play is a project by Focus Hope, an organization in Detroit. We (the actors, and Focus Hope Staff created this play), hopefully this play will live on. I hope you will see it someday! We may perform this at other locations, and I'll keep you posted.

It looks like we will be ready to begin mixdown of this new CD this month. Jim still needs to finish his bass tracks, but they sure sound great so far! I also want to mention that I am considering using a different CD title other than "The Simple Life". Got any suggestions?

I want to thank Chris and Desi for making a donation toward my tour. You don't know how much that means to me, whether it's $5 or $100. I will be keeping a donation page available from this link http://www.donate.deronfeivel.com This is an important part for me being able to go on this tour! Please consider making a donation of any amount to help with tour expenses.

Thank you for reading this month's newsletter. I sometimes feel frustrated about how hard it is to keep a newsletter going, and gaining interested readers. Having people like you on this list makes it totally worth it.

Cheers,

Deron Feivel
http://www.deronfeivel.com

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